NSE DAZ Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Hi All, Its time to start back up again after spending a couple of years away playing buses! Lockdown has got me thinking about life in general, life is too short and one thing that I do keep putting on the back burner is a home/exhibition style 7mm layout!! its one of those things that I keep putting off but feel that the time is right to start back up. As many of you know I have spells of starting and not finishing layouts, but hey most of us do that, dont we? I sold Croydon North Street off a couple of years ago now after attending 19 exhibitions in two years, we got burnt out.... I do miss the shows and the new friends that I made along the way so by creating a new build I hope that I can rejoin my long lost family once more! The track will be based on a minorise small urban style passenger layout with a scenic section of 16ft x 2ft and a separate fiddle yard being around 8ft x 2ft. The layout will be designed to fit in my garage of our new home we will be moving into in the near future (The fiddle yard only to be used with the garage door open) The layout will also being portable to show at exhibitions. The layout will be based on the late 1980s/early 90s again it will be Network SouthEast themed. The layout will have a third rail so EMU's can be used along with DEMU's and diesel stock. So the stock......I can reveal that so far I have the following: Class 4EPB fully finished with sound and in NSE livery Class 2EPB fully finished with sound and in NSE livery Class 4VEP fully finished with sound and in NSE livery These are all with Peter Clark at the moment and are the one's that he used on his layout Leavesden. Heljan Class 50 - 50 029 Renown in Revised NSE livery. This is at the Weathering works soon to be getting transformed. I have pre-orders in for 4x MK2A NSE Heljan coaches along with a Heljan Class 73 in large logo livery. I have never been that good at building layouts so have asked the help of an RMwebber to kick start the build, so planning behind the scenes will start soon (More on this later) Thanks all and hope you enjoy the upcoming ventures of Gillbury.... Stay Safe! Darren NSE DAZ 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Looking forward to seeing your progress. Enjoyed your previous efforts but only really lurked! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Sounds like a good start Daz, another 7mm Layout will please many. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Sounds great Daz, 19 shows in 2 years is a lot! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 One to watch. Good luck Darren enjoy the new build. Best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, 37114 said: Sounds great Daz, 19 shows in 2 years is a lot! Many thanks, yes it was so much fun but we also was burning the candle at both ends!! One month we attended four shows, we never saw our families it got a little too much. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Sounds like a good start Daz, another 7mm Layout will please many. Andrew to be honest you got me back into the game! I have been watching all your videos they are fantastic. Cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, D6775 said: Looking forward to seeing your progress. Enjoyed your previous efforts but only really lurked! Many thanks, hope you enjoy this next instalments....Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, NSE DAZ said: Andrew to be honest you got me back into the game! I have been watching all your videos they are fantastic. Cheers Glad to be of assistance Bud. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted March 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2021 Welcome back Daz good to hear you're planning another layout. Must catch up soon. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, Temeraire said: Welcome back Daz good to hear you're planning another layout. Must catch up soon. Hi Ian many thanks, yes when this COVID does one we must have a catch up for sure! Hope you are well. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) Hi all, Just a shout to Alan at Modelu and to Claudia Everett who painted these four figures for me the detail is fantastic. Going to place a order for a few more. Cheers Darren NSE DAZ Edited March 20, 2021 by NSE DAZ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Looking forward to this build, NSE, units from my area, what more could you ask for, other than a 33 to rescue the 50 of course 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Glad to have you back Daz - I always admired your earlier layouts. Paul R 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2021 13 hours ago, NSE DAZ said: Will ‘stumpy’ make a return appearance Daz? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2021 16 hours ago, NSE DAZ said: Hi Ian many thanks, yes when this COVID does one we must have a catch up for sure! Hope you are well. Cheers All good thanks and been getting on with rebuild of Exford Park whilst Tidworth has been off the road. MidHants diesel gala June 26-27th, Lion out and about, just saying! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2021 BING BING BONG!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Yay! Welcome home Daz. Sounds like a nice project to announce your return with. Good luck.. Scott 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, scoobyra said: BING BING BONG!!! i wish he’d turn those bloody 20s off! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2021 44 minutes ago, Temeraire said: i wish he’d turn those bloody 20s off! I told you to borrow Lion’s horn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Temeraire said: Will ‘stumpy’ make a return appearance Daz? Ian that was my first venture in 7mm, you learn from your mistakes haha I set Stumpy free into the wild.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 56 minutes ago, scoobyra said: BING BING BONG!!! 48 minutes ago, Temeraire said: i wish he’d turn those bloody 20s off! Nah theres plenty more where that come from bigger speakers in 7mm as well............... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 50 minutes ago, pitbull1845 said: Yay! Welcome home Daz. Sounds like a nice project to announce your return with. Good luck.. Scott Hi Scott hope you ae well mate, many thanks apprecieated cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) Hi all I purchased some NSE style platform benches from ebay last week, I have taken them out of the box but to me they just look way off scale, do you agree? The figure is from Modelu and the bin from Peter Clark's range just to put it all into perspective. I know Peter Clark sale's the brass kits of these benches but for me are awkward to assemble, the 3D printed options seem the way to go. I have asked a 3D printing company to have a look at making some for me so fingers crosses!! Cheers Darren NSE DAZ Edited March 21, 2021 by NSE DAZ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) 10 or 11 bricks tall on this site and the top was at a nice height to lean on when standing so they definitely look too short in the legs. scroll down for a pic against brick wall https://www.nsers.org/nse4.html Edited March 21, 2021 by PaulRhB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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